Rio 2016 Recap

Now that the Rio 2016 games are over, it's time for a little recap. Can't wait until Pyeongchang 2018, Tokyo 2020, and Beijing 2022! :)

1.     88 countries won Olympic medals, and only 1* is non-independent (Puerto Rico, and then there are Kuwait's medals which count for Independent Olympic Athletes).

2.     69 countries won at least one bronze medal. 63 countries won at least one silver medal. 59 countries won at least one gold medal.

3.     The US won the most medals overall, at 121, followed by China (69), Great Britain (67), Russia (56), and Germany (42).

4.     The US won the most gold medals, at 46, followed by Great Britain (27), China (25), Russia (19), and Germany (17).

5.     The US won the most silver medals, at 37, followed by Great Britain (23), and China, France, and Russia (18 each).

6.     The US also won the most bronze medals, at 38, followed by China (26), Japan (21), Russia (19), and Great Britain (17).

7.     There were 306 medal ceremonies, giving out 306 golds, 306 silvers, and 359 bronzes. If you disaggregate the medals (i.e., multiple medals for teams/groups), 663 gold medals, 655 silver medals, and 702 bronze medals were handed out.

8.     1,853 athletes (about 100 less than 2012) received some sort of medal during the games, or 16.28% of all athletes who went to the games.

9.     Medals were handed to US athletes 262 times. Second was Germany, with 162, Great Britain (145), Russia (115), and China (113).

10. 138 gold medals were handed out to the US, followed by Great Britain (64), Russia (52), Germany (50), and China (46).

11. 55 silver medals were out to Great Britain, followed by the US (54), France (51), Germany (45), and Italy (40).

12. 70 bronze medals were handed out to the US, followed by Germany (67), Canada (60), China (37), and Japan (35).

13. The US had the most athletes walk home with at least one medal, at 209. Following the US was Germany (154), Great Britain (130), Russia (103), and China (100).

14. But not every country had a lot of athletes. So in terms of percentage of athletes who got medals, 52.43% of Serbian athletes won medals, followed by Jamaica (40.68%), Russia (38.01%), the US (37.73%), and Germany (36.32%).

15. Of countries that won medals, the worst percentages were Portugal (1.09%, or 1 of 92 athletes), Algeria (1.56%, or 1 of 64 athletes), India (1.61%, or 2 of 124 athletes), Finland (1.82%, or 1 of 55 athletes), and Morocco (2.04%, or 1 of 49 athletes).

16. None of Serbia's 54 medalists won more than one medal. Same goes for Croatia (24), Belgium (21), Argentina (20), and Norway (19).

17. In a note of futility, none of Chile's 42 athletes won a medal. Other countries with more than 30 athletes but no medals include Ecuador (38), Hong Kong (38), Latvia (34), Montenegro (34), and Zimbabwe (31).

18. Mexico's 5 medals are the most without a gold (3 silver, 2 bronze). Norway's 4 medals are the most without a silver (all bronze), and Argentina's (3 gold, 1 silver), Slovakia's (2 gold, 2 silver), and Armenia's (1 gold, 3 silver) 4 medals each are the most without a bronze.

19. Six countries--Fiji, Jordan, Kosovo, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Tajikistan--won 1 gold medal and nothing else.

20. Two countries--Ireland, Algeria--won 2 silver medals and nothing else. Five countries--Burundi, Grenada, Niger, Philippines, Qatar--won 1 silver medal and nothing else.

21. One country--Norway--won four bronze medals and nothing else. Two countries--Egypt, Tunisia--won three bronze medals and nothing else. Eleven countries--Austria, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Finland, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Morocco, Nigeria, Portugal, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates--won 1 bronze medal and nothing else.

22. Belgium and Thailand each won 2 gold, 2 silver, and 2 bronze medals.

23. Latvia and Turkmenistan are the only former Soviet Republics not to win a medal.

24. On average, each Nigerian medal was for 18 athletes (Nigeria's only medal was for its 18-member Men's Football team). Similarly, each Fijian medal went to 13 athletes. The highest number of athletes on average otherwise are Serbia (6.75 athletes/medaling event), Argentina (5.00 athletes/medaling event), and Norway (4.75 athletes/medaling event). The US was 24th, averaging 2.17 athletes per medaling event.

25. Eleven delegations of less than 20 athletes won medals. The smallest were Grenada and Niger (6 athletes entered), followed by Tajikistan (7), Jordan (8), Kosovo (8), Burundi (9), Independent Olympic Athletes (Kuwait) (9), Cote d'Ivoire (12), Philippines (13), United Arab Emirates (13), and Kyrgyzstan (19).

Also, NBC's coverage of the Olympics was ridiculous. And if you need proof, watch John Oliver's take on it.